The Sun. — London, England, 1810-12-18 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS, . . BOSTON, Nov. 15.—The' President's Proclama tion, might be expected, has occasioned a con siderable discussion. It is the opinion of some po iticians, that Great Britain ought to have been i • neluded; and"to those•who can see no slate joggling . in 'ail this business, such an expectation apears to be Perfectly well-grounthd, arguing in this 'way i-- - Prance_declares to us, that her injurious decrees Quill cease to be in , force, provided Great Britain re- Teals . her obnoxioui Orders. - Great Britain gives a similarasiurance, that her Orders will lose their effect as soon as the French 'Decrees are rescinded. Now the President having proclaimed that the latter is the faCt;viz. that BL'ONAPARTE has revoked. his Decrees, it would seem to follow of course that the Edicts of both Belligerents, 'whose existencr Was thus made dependent on each other, are now absolutely; &fano - I.—But :our Government declares t hat thiS is not the case, and that th'e French Decree's alone are revoked, and it-is well remembered that the second condition under BUONAPARTE'S promise was made, is, that we shall'catise our rights to be respe6led by the English. If, therefore, the first condition annexed to this Mighty boon has not been fulfilled by Great Britain, are we not solemnly pledged by the President's pro clamation to fulfil the second, that i 4, to resist the latter lower, /illl order to reap the-Avaittage of irn , perial condescension?' And wilat kind of resi,tatice must we use to make his Majesty's proMise valid Let those who believe that BUONAPARTE is now and has been all along struggling for no other of je6l than the fieedum of the seas, pretend that he will be sa tisfied with our Non-intercourse and warlike resolu tioni: for our own parts, we are not 'of tha; Minuet% Such being our si.uation, We shall not besurpris , std to find the leading democrats indulging them selves in the most heartfelt delight. 'The glorious Prospe& again opens upon them. Again they can Make the welkin ring with valiant exclamations. Once .more they .can call. upon tire people to arouse from their slumbers, " arid be prepared with alacrity and vigour, tb assert our rights against all aggressions Upon them, let them come from what qu trier they Way," We hope-thek will be again disappointed. Our opinion was, on the promulgation of the Duc de CADOK4'S letter, that the President would nut 'lien issue his. PrOclamation, opening. the intercourse - with France; and not until after the :hue that NAPO- I.Eoi'S Decrees should cease to operate. As the case stands at present, - we must depend upon NApo- I-zoN's construction of the phraseology of his ; but it is clear he may make a handle of the " new principles of blockade" which they say Great Lritain has attempted to establiih, very niuch to our disaivantage. There ought to be no reliance placed upon the , , story., that .NAPQLEoN rchtiquisli,.ourt conficat, f-'tl property; all the reports, and they have bee n Multifarious, which we hive hitherto received, have been ,proved to be union-nded. If he delivers 'up any property, formally, it will be fot the purpose of loading - it with duties- and expences, which will amount to contis6ation to the AMerican owner. It is ,of no consequence - to the loser, whether his pro perty has been taken forcibly from him by a high *ayman, pilfered by a thief,' or stolen by a pick pocket. - • • It gives us much pleasure in stating, that on Fri-' day and Saturday last, there arrived at this port up- Wards Of 70 vessels,. 34 of whom are from Europe, 9 from the West Indies and Nova Scotia ; and about ao from ports in the !Jolted States, being the largest number which has arrived in the same period, for several years, and exhibiting a proud contrast to the embargo and non-intercourse times. Mr. MActc.zic, our Negociator, having experi enced many acts of personal kindness and attention at Mot laix, was desirooS of evincing his sense of these obligations to the inhabitants in a more expressi've manner than mere words. He accordingly, as a favour to himself, applied to his Government for the 'release of TEN young men belonging to the town of. N'i•orlaix, and the son.; of ln.-r citizens, who were prisoners or war in England. His request was emu. 'plied with, and they were immediately liberated, Without exchange or any equivalent, and freely re attired to their anxious friends. In consequence of this display of beneficence and gratitud'e, the i n _ habitants of MO. 101 K were vet-Lilly solicitous of affording to Mr. IVlAzKEtvitg a proof of their ge faerositi and feeling for the obligatinti ; and under standing-that a cousin and a school-fellow of hi s , o f the smile name, was it prisoner at Ve-don, they made an application to their 'stern Ruler, that tie (Mr. IVIAt - AaNzus), should be set at liberty, in return for the exertions of his relative in their behalf„ of which at the same time they made a warm representation. At;er waiting somei . time for die answer to their pe rnioil, they received it in these laconic terms, savour ing more of ,jacobinisat that) of imperial dignity— " •Le Gouverurnent se vane de se rtJuser,"--and MACKFNZIE is mill retained iii custc.ty at the Voce' of his imprisonment. ' N 0 TE I UNOt. . . Gene Eal JUNOT is known under the titie of Duke of .4brantes. He is employed in the atmy of Por tugal: He commands the Bth corps of the army under the orders of General. Mas,ena. Junot is about. 40 years of. age. His height is five feet four inches (French measure) ; his consti tulion is robust ; he is rather fat, his face is full, very , ruhiclind, and indicates the ton-vivant ; his countenance is . express.ve ofa despet ate bravery ; his deportment is rather vulgar, and he is always splen didly dressed : be is continually in the Uniform of Coknel-General of Htissars. His address is' blunt,. and, his manners far from being polished. „. The parents-of Junot were farmers,. in easy cir•-: cumstantes. They got him' taught to fead , and' write. He had not yet decided on any pursuit, and was living in. idleness, when the Revolution- ca.used the lormation of bktalichth of Voltinteers. He 'set out as a private soldier, and attracted notice - by that cool bravery wirh ,which filature had end Owed him. He was successively corporal, serjeant, and, officer. He was employed in that .capacity, when parte in reviewing his battalion took noti c e o f him, entered him upon his sta'ff,.and cnsde him, hio aide-de-camp. • , . . JU,''Ot had sufficient finesse to perceive ilur. the surest w.iy to please Buottapaite was to make a parade 01 great intrepidity. He - carried h s •ridi— curous habit so far, as to play off his . nokle• of • making court even in the midSt of entertainments. Whoever came to head-quarters, and appealed de sirous of assuming consequente, was sure to be challenged by Junoi. Nothing wad talked of but his address in managing the sabre.. General LatineS was not afraid of tin's DOh Qiiix(.lle; in conse quente of a thspuie, they fought a (Joel. - Cannes gave Junoi a severe slete-cut, which L;i'd open b neily, and , cutting, red tis life. This lesson .deter mitred him to renounce cold iwo. He was But sut ticiently elextcrous to Bias with 'the rapier or small sword. He devoted nimself to practising With pis tols ; he spent whole days. at it ; be became sui-e an adept, and it i s sa id c o u ld band din% n a :swallow on the wing. A false importance arising trout so, touch skill, restored to biro hi, twiner hi...cot:nee. Appointed Commandant of Paris, his great amuse ment consisted in shining in' all places most gre glientedby the public. He was rheJsed like a citi zen. At Frescati, where he was playing at bil liards; he wished io exercise his supremacy ; he lot. He gave way to some ungentlemanly 'expressions. As he was ktioNA n„ he Was, intreined to behave mole like. - a Gentleman. When it wets seen that mad measures were of do avail, it was proposed to turn Ilitn out. The violent chata;Aer of Junot was ex'- asperaied at this attront ; he struck a blow, which was promptly repaal with usury. [lard blows were interchanged, and force was repelled by force some one ran up to separate the combatants, but a-little . too late for Junot, who was forced to keep his -for nbout a :mouth When Boonaparte was informed of the folly of Ins first aide•de-camp, be put him under ariest; he threatened him, in ease of relapse, with completedi r2Ce, . As nature always teclaims' ; her rights, JOnot did not alter his mode of life ; but he took :Ile pr. catition of getting himself aoi.inril , aoied in his orgies by t oOi three good bruisers ) to lend hitii a hand in case id necessity. • Jonbt W•as ne ver heard o f a s a - general till. he set out for the army of ;Portugal. }lo had there two Mentors ; Laborde 'for the info try, and Keller titan° lor . the cavalry. It was it► vain that on his return troth Egypt, Buonaparte Wished to get him a mili tary- reputation, .by• proposing for competition a p:iinting, of the battle at Naz;seth, in which it wns wished tci'exeite the belief, that with 300 men he had' fought with success about 3000 Mussulmans. I t justice had been done,, nll the honour of that retreat would have been given to Coonel Duvivier; of the i4oh regiment of dragoons. JunOt was beaten at Nazareth. His corps of 600 men would have been exterminated, in -spate of the talents and coolness Of . Ppvivier, 'MAN:4- had. nut come to his assistance with his division. Some officers of the Army of Egypt testified, on their return to France, the gteatest astoniShinetit at the distindion conferred on Junot by Buoriaparte, in causing his rash skirmish at ,Nazareth to be cele brated by the artists ,of Paris. They made knoWn the true motive for Buonaparte's gratitude to his Aide-de-cm ) ; and they pretended th,it M. Grua would have made d much more interesting pie ture, had tee, taken" for - ns subject the provisional marriage of Buonaparte with the wife of a French Qfficer under the direaion of Junot. _ The hus band received a mission for France, and was never more heard of. The feelings re% oh at such immo rality ; and one can scarcely believe an att so inta mous. But the fadt is incunt6tible ; I have had confirmed by the person concerned. In his con tessiOn to the Abbe Maury, Buonaparte, gives details which will leave no doubt on the subject even to the most sceptical. Itt single combat Junot would have many chances in . his favour ; in the dire6tion ot, troops he will be always a novice, The first and last affair where the self-called hero of Nazareth had the chief 'command, was that of Vimiera. He was beaten by Laid Wel lington ; 'and if his rout, was not complete, be .was indebted for it to General Keliermaim, who, by his bi,ld and skilful tuanwuvres, made head ag +nisi the English cavalry, and succeeded in keeping it back. Ai incapable in negotiation as in the combination of warlike operations, Junot_ merely lent his name to the Convention of Cintra, The golden bridge made on that occasion for the enemy, may be ascribed to the address of young Keilermann. Junot had given, him a carte blanche; it was, difficult to make a better - choice: his success surpassed the hopes of Junot. There 'was reason for lordly exclaiming against this Convention, which did nothing but change the position of the 'French army ; since, some time after,' it Made its appearance on the frontiers of As turia, after costing' an enormous sum fottranspPrt by sea to the coasts of France : it uo‘Att have been much ,more advantageous to have sent 'it' back by land. That march would have -thinned its columns a little mere effeaually than sea-sicknesS r as was tnore,lately experienced by the corpa of •Gen. Tie caplurti, of A4forga . 0 .- 5 due to Gen. Clause!;' ':.tunot only arpeared. there ticyr form-sike, like Jou rdan at Mitestricht.: The i only merit of Junot, then, is his houndless deVotion . to Buonaparte. Even that ha; often given him a false direction. At the period ' of the camp of . B(Tpdogne, he,.connnatided at Arras a Corps •ot grenadiers. Buonaparte had intimated a wish, that .the whole army should have their hair hair cot .ala l:ilus Tmm he Generals counicated that ; intenti o n jo the chierS of c orps, ins iting.t hem to confo'rm to it, it 'they did not believe . it injurious to the service. Tuuut converted - into an abso lute order, and m a de t h e C a p ta i ns responsible for its execution. A Company tetUsed. The Captain, who knew nothing but obedience, cut off the hair of the first !nail of die company. The srenadier turned round, and ran. himlbrungh the body with 'his sabry lair officer fell dead on the. spot. The gri-nAdier was br ou ght .to a, Coutt-Martial; neinned to death, and , shot withi n f ou r - an d-, twenty bunt's. - BuenapprtF reproached Juout tut' his impru dence, and . 'deprived him of his command, Ahich :wAs'given to gen. Oudin t. His courage, tit llien is that of all soldiers, becomes tenigilty,ipau r ignorant General. I.t will be objeft- ed i ticar Yunot•,.neVertheless, cominarids • three klivt-, toils, forming a total of !2.5,00U men. could re ply, that ; Charbooier, a n d. jou-rdan have haft inure Inip,:rtant ; 1,c0111141.,* myself tu saying, 'dna BOutiaparte calculmes out the talents, but ttre fidelity of the General's to whotwhe grams hs con fidence.. Junot rt-cei;es orders horn iclasei.a, i he executes them 'very ~ p. u nctually ein i duys the. Chief of his Stiff to take. toe c ire cf the divisions, and n i cthing 'remains fur him 1;m to choose good head-quarters. When fight - nig is ' necesaiy, you tong depend upon inooi being alwa)s to .tir t rait.o. He is CaLli in Ole tlndSi Of the laylltst.4re. AS he has 'neither ,(111cline$i Of pereeptk o 4, nor I(ndwled g e irrat:Le , i% res, he has the• : great fa,ling of •loilthOng‘ the ad. ice of the first prison Who offers. ..An attack front Junct should never be 'waited, for. He must be taitett upon nnexpectedly, and an attempt inade to sUt;:rise his canto ur cancou-' merits ; you \vitt then be iirdc.l to wake good thing 'it. You 0u.1).. judge of trout his Ciinlp t iign of 1809, in Fiane-nla, against the Duke of Bruns wick and Gen. Kitinuayer. To igooratikv Art I , is profession, this officer joins a prodiginty wabout exsunple: .when ai Burch: i lex on h s return from l'uftaa', tie give tuou huts to a figuraote of the theatr e o f that city, as a reward fur her tacours'; it was hence cut . ..dude(' that he must . have pliriged iminthse Though absent from at is, he retai the title of Governor of that cspiial, and continues to receive piesents, which amount to 50,0001. sterling a year., Though he has pCrtormcd no military exploit that can be cited to his hiniur, it is said that he is very discontented at • not staving yet beta oppoinied Mar,hai. Brame as a greiti o licentiob4 to the last degree, a great tri,tni to pitage, endowed with ,• • . sonic natur.il spirit, atict man pc y gstcat quaiitin, but destitute of useful kaowledge„ Jianot tnus, be regard el, since the death of Launes, as the most tnd.tul Stid . of the He/u fis St. Joh - rz 71 . Acre: s!iip D ness. ize, Ships 351 C. n .-: 51 4ajesti and if'` (Zk, ~~~ on t iaita y ditto , ither 9, I`l6s - SpZ , F t3 ' d E on Of is" a ; r"' on trle No. c 3 3a1.0 1 er , /lt 4 N 0.." Iptore. cGoV Lns t. al boa r(4 11'S. Ull (s :AO been No jvr I con' t ion't ti) If ir.n: sa )00, ue 6,4 t if ~,~~: .~ arY al= trra )ed ib xJ- y iff he PARTICULARS OF GENERAL REGNIER. _This Officer is con , Liered in France as one of the best iotorm e d iu the art of war. A native of Switz eiland,,4,tenti:red the French service at the begin tttns ut the Revolution. He was employed on the Staff of the, Army of the North, as first as ajoint, and afterward, as Adjutan -General. Pidiegru, it is said, had a great opinion .of his talents. His official reports, t hen.employed with General Moreau, in t tbe the.ahine, ;n 1796, skew ed th tt he well deserved ,naration ot Head of rite Staff . . Au Officer who was well accivainiel with him has told me, that lie was not in the held the saute moan that he was intlie cioset. Al though his bravery 16 UtitiQUblzfA i he piyssesses net Cher that -pr,seac z i of wind,. nor that justness of rceptioh, .which ate indispensable in the held - for' the success of operations. Such is the opinion en tertaine4, of him by Generals Desaix, St. Cyi, and it. Susahne., • • At ter the' peace of Campo Formio, in I 797, Reg nier,- who was then °t o" in the '7t1 . 1 yearof his age islied for . an, opportunily of acquiring tame. He requested ..to be allowed to aCeompaoy Buonaparte itp•ltis expedition to. Egypt. His ser vice was Jiistinguished . rather; by. zeal and utility, than by brilliant exploits. He fought bravely— was assiduous. in autelibrating • the position of his troop;--and hisikisure mowents were employed in satisfying his cdriosity,fur the arts, and hiS•taste fur the sciences. • Buonaparte did not think it proper to grant him the same honours that he had decrei to moot. He was lavish in his praises of the toodt.-sty of Itegnier, and be - was unjust to hts 1.1,e siege of El Arish was of much greater consequ enc e than the *le of Nazareth. Why was.;t nO made the subject of compftnion among the art:sts of Pais Bocause• Kepler was tleith(T . an aide-de-eamp, or flatterer, or spy of Buonaparte's.? At [he battle of 'Heliopolis, Regnier executed the orders of Kieber with admirable precision. He continued to dis charge his duties of General of - Division till that co lony was taken possession of by the englisb. On his return to FranC e , he 'publiShed scithe observa. , Lions, which created him many enemies. . General D'Estaing challenged hiM, on account of soinething he had written of • him. They fought 'with pistols in the Bois de Boulogne, near Paris. .D'E.tair ) re ceived mortal wound—he did on thof!pot.- 13nonaparte, who was soon.inf.ii of se n Regnier at the audience of th; - Thuilleries, re- Itied to receive Mtn, and sent bait ord e rs t o 'with draW. He gave hiria an employMent in tile' Sout:; of France. When Buonopart2,sent his brother JoSeFiEi. to Na ples, he al (ached Ilegni: rto Lim. 1 the mow 1,. of March, 1806, the General % . vt-sJit into Calabriii. The French colomii was guilty of - many horrors agaihst th. Calabrians, notwitlimanding iheienduavOnis o f Re.4nier to diminish as rnu, h, he Could the [lns-, fortunes of war: U,t tlid - gitti of eh:), he was de tt,at,:d at . Maida by G enera l S tuart ; he lot hall 01 his little army, an Wirs fibrigvd - LCi - tiViicuate the fa ther Cadhbria. The' it;l:x;if;ifits , •FiNd rken iir arm. but as . suoa - as rtegni.a . t-,, t ,• recovered.t he ground, he had kt. Tit Ca!i briar suffered much froM the Preach 2::,ty. Icon venture to allirin, thfit w!i;io-v,7-: conntr:: Regnier is, inhabitants . consider themselves hap py in having him, comparatively with his colleagues His intrepidity,-hi- pplite manners, his firmness, ak his humanity, have gai ne d hi M the` esteem of all tho,e who ithow how to appreciate those qualities. He is perfeCtly ac q u a i nte d w i th ,the theory of war but nature 4as- not endowed him with .those rare, qualities which master viaory on a ,fielcLof battles where he has the sole command ,of the operations.. Having been defeated at Maida, after having prac=, ti6ed profession under l'idwgrei handerh Moreau in Germany, and Kleber iii .8:.-vrt, a cam. - - paign under t h e or d ers o f M assvna does not liOld'otat 4 a very flattering prospea. • It is the geceral opiz o En FOtiee; that Regnier ' is Out of his place at the bead of a corp's .of the army, and that his great taiciits.caß here oe: 4 turned so well to account as utputii, ) , ! hi m at t h e head of a Star of a first-late CoMmander. - An'ingenious,oritie upon Shakespeare 1114 pointed;: out a striking itity of 'arrangement. , tt they, ihouallts which'floN front Calitan, iii thy> Temptst, and Brorio ;in the p!a . l.• of Illuredartri. The passage' alluded,to in Shakespeare t that wite're the: inOnster recofmnf:md3 his services to , SieOhritta— , l". shew thee every ieri ile inch o ' t h e • Timt twin Alit cedorus t"ve sh.tll extract If thou wilt love inc, thou shalt be ply qtteene; . I'll crciSvp thee with a chapii:t inade.of ivir, And make the rose sail Jiilie wait upon •thee. I'll teal the branches fromAheb...alcy ui C. At noun to shade thee front the burtiin.: sun : Thou shalt 'be fed with quailes and partri,dges, With blackbirds, thrushes, larks, and nightin4;les - : Thy drink shall be plates' milk and chrystal water, Distill'd from fountains arid the clearest springs; mt. 41 i the dainties that the woods ifF.,rd I'll freely give thee to obtain thy love. • • The correspondence relative to a manned duel which has recently been publisin'd,,tffords a good practical .- 11Instration of the doetrines on affairs of pers , nial honour, which are so ably expounded by Tduchstoqe, in As you Like It. BRALIAM was to make` his first appearance on the' Ediubnrgh stage b n Saturday last, in the . part of the Seruskier, in The Si?gei il.lielgrade... This day the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Blvd to retrain as last wee k, v i z . is. 2id. the quartern loaf. WILKES.—This politiciatithad once a high repu tation,as-a grammarian, - and classical schohir. •In his, copy of Lowth's•lntrodu6tion to English Grammar, he has: inserted the following remark. " The Eng fish Language admits of more than the three com mon degtees•of comparison, as cool, cold, positive; colder, comparative ; coldest, superlative." He never suspeded that cool is to cold, what warm is to hot ; and that as an adjective it has its own coinparativo and superlative. • The l lown of Portsmouth was visited on Friday by that phenomeribn of nature, a tornado. It passed in the directirin Of W.S.W: to N.E. and did very considerable' loci) dtnage. Among the new bnild ings at`Southsea Common, its ravages ate roost to be seen, where there are no less than fotir'houss completely 'down; fair others . so much damaged that they must b e taken down; !Ind abut thirty more unrooted and otherwise considerably datm4 g . ed. Most providentially the' fall of these build... ings was not' mtt.t.s.nded with death to any one;, a brit:id:Tees lad was vlry'severely briused, but his life is not in Hasiar., Hos pital, a chi.,"ll e y fell iuto the roof and b:oke-sOine beds, were to be shortly occupied ; at the Royal Marine Barracks similar accidents haPpened ; and on the tines of the town, a-tough elm tree, Which has borne inauy a pitiless pelting at storms, was torn from its roots, and • laid prostrate oil the grourid.— . The ini.abilants the houses facing the Grand Parade had not less than one huu•lred panes of glass br , iken. The Government House and Charel were partly nnrooted ; ;Ind thelead bn the' op sit the Bank of Messrs. Godwin and Co. which vs as of very great weight, was, by its irre&istible power blown front its situation, and rolled up like a piece of canvas. Besides the - se instances of its mighty power, there Ore many which we cannot enume rate. That such ruinous etfeas should be so in stantaneonsly produced (for it did not appear to last more' than two urinates) is truly astonishing ; and the best consolation we have is, that we have not heard that any lute was suddenly taken away by it, from any of our friends or neighbours. The grand battle - between Crib and Molyneux is to take place this d2Y. East Grinstead, in Sus sex, was last night mentioned as the scene of ac.: lion.. Several amateurs left town last night for that place. • • On Saturday night, as two' lads, servants, at a public:house the neigfibourhood of Smithfield, 'were going to bL'sd, one of them 'obverved to the other, that the method of executing • criminals in • the part of ,rite kingdom he came from (Norfolk), was different . to that used in .London. To impress conviction on the mind of his friend, he took his garter; and tying •it round leis neck, suspended himself from the bed -post. His companion, lic4- ever, becoming alarmed, cut Ititn down, apparently *trangte d. He alarmed •the family, and a surgeon was sent for, who, after two hours perseverance, succeeded in restoring suspended animation, and re cover.ng the fimple youto from the ill eti - cds of an ex p erime p t which had neatly terminated his , ex (tnce. Yestertiav,'Rivett, the Bow -street Officer, arrived in town !tom • Sheerness, with an Assisilint .Sur he„„ cus•ody, chargeti forging the sig nature ,f the eutununder of Ore . snip to, which lie be on 4",..41. Leith, os, Wedues!ay anernocm, while some, butchers • were . diiyins Tittl e into tie 'slaughter hottbe, ~ne of them becane infuriated, and, in m4k e.ig ay out; hooked up a )ouog moan, a Cleric, i l l the C;ustotn-house. I; was irnmeil_pl,tottd. and a:tei—haßk ceyiect hint, iuspended be twixt its horns, ie'a distiniCe of tteariy sixty yarLs, ciOingilhuauy injury.